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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Experiences of Community College STEM Students in Transferring and Adapting to a Four-Year Urban University, MacKenzie Jade Gray
Prose by Any Other Name: Analyzing Changes to Translated Book Titles in Japanese and English, Angela Griffin
Peer Group Influence on the Antecedents of Academic Coping over the First Year of Middle School, Daniel Lee Grimes
Masthead, Cole P. Grisham
Message from the Editors, Cole P. Grisham
Updated Occupancy and Abundance for Northwestern Pond Turtle and Western Painted Turtle in the Lower and Middle Willamette Watersheds, Laura Guderyahn
Enhancing Robustness of Machine Learning Models Against Adversarial Attacks, Ronak Guliani
Wraithstruck: Chapters from the Adorese Forests, Clover Gullans
Beavers Beyond Boundaries: Perceptions of beaver-related restoration, Matthew V. Guziejka
Beavers Beyond Boundaries: Perceptions of Beaver-Related Restoration, Matthew V. Guziejka
Exploring the Social Processes Influencing the Well-Being and Social Integration of Systemically Marginalized Students in Higher Education: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Zeinab Abbas Hachem
Cards with Class: Formalizing a Simplified Collectible Card Game, Dan Ha
"Crush the Monster": Homosexuality and Moral Panic in 1950s Idaho, Ian Hadrick
Assessment of Avian Community Structure and Habitat Connectivity in the Fanno Creek Corridor, Grace Hall
Wildland Urban Interface Growth and Development Potentials in Deschutes County, Samantha Hall
An Evaluation of Sediment Transport in the Columbia River Basin: Before and After System-Wide Flow Regulation, Patrick Alan Haluska
Risk Factors of Dental Anxiety and Exploration of Interventions, Katelin Hancock
A Matter of Ultra Importance: How Ultra’s Decryption of Enigma Impacted the Outcome of World War II, Lia S. Hansen
Prochlorococcus Death by a Ubiquitous Zooplankton Filter Feeder, Avery Harman
Social Workers as Police and Prison Wardens in the Progressive Era, Sam Harrell
Promoting Equity in Culturally Diverse Schools: A Literature Review of Third Space Pedagogy, Sarah E. Harrison and Heidi Curtis
Co-Designing with First-Generation Transfer Students, Randi Petrauskas Harris